Vocabulary: 传习录
- Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
- to burn down; to destroy with fire
- 过来 gùo lai: 过来 guo4 lai5: see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]过来 gùo lái: 过来 guo4 lai2: to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
- just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- resolute; definitive; categorically; absolutely
- to honor; to commend; to cite (in dispatches)
- other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- freak; weird
- contrary
- voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
- heartfelt and genuine
- to approve of; to agree with (an opinion, action etc); to endorse
- way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration
- prosperous; thriving; (of vegetation) luxuriant
- to decline; to die out; decline and fall
- height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1]); no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc); at long last
- common people; laity (i.e. not priests)
- dazzling; to show off; to flaunt
- to win (favors, confidence etc)
- reputation; fame
- only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- to disturb; to perturb; to harass
- to clog up; blockage
- to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
- well-known; famous
- to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
- to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- to read and understand
- to write; to compose
- to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments
- to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc)
- sin; offense
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- details; particulars
- order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- vassal state
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- each; respective; apiece
- degree; level; extent
- to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish
- to obliterate; to die out; to disappear
- thorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full
- to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
- to encourage; to foster; to foment